Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:54:18 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>,
       J?rn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Console: fall back to /dev/null when no console is availlable
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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 08:18:54PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mer, 2004-10-06 at 18:41, Greg KH wrote:
> > Good point.  So, should we do it in the kernel, in call_usermodehelper,
> > so that all users of this function get it correct, or should I do it in
> > userspace, in the /sbin/hotplug program?
> > 
> > Any opinions?
> 
> Userspace is more flexible. What does the kernel do if it can't figure
> out what to open as fd 0, 1, 2. Either it explodes or asks user space.
> While /sbin/hotplug can mknod itself a private /dev/null and
> /dev/console in an emergency.

Ok, then anyone with some serious bash-foo care to send me a patch for
the existing /sbin/hotplug file that causes it to handle this properly?

thanks,

greg k-h
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